BB101 – what’s happening?
We wanted to do some digging to understand what’s happening with the new version of BB101 and what impact it may have on modelling for schools. We thought we’d share what we found in case it is useful to others in the modelling community. Please share and let us know if you have any experience […]
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- Posted in Overheating, Research
- Oct, 11, 2017
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Inkling and TM59
Inkling are very proud to haveĀ been involved in the writing of the new CIBSE TM59 Design methodology for the assessment of overheating risk in homes. Susie was part of the team right from the beginning, participating in the early Zero Carbon Hub workshops and collaborating all the way through to publication with CIBSE, UCL, Arup […]
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- Posted in CIBSE, Overheating, Publications, Research
- May, 22, 2017
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Weather files and modelling overheating risk
This blog offers our thoughts on the impact of weather file selection on modelling domestic overheating risk. This is part of an ongoing discussion currently taking place regarding defining a complete methodology for predicting domestic overheating risk which factors in weather file selection, occupancy and gain profiles and setting the pass/fail thresholds. The weather […]
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- Mar, 31, 2016
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Overheating – the hot topic in housing (pun intended)
Inkling recently co-authored a Zero Carbon Hub publication on assessing overheating in dwellings.Ā This document describes the methodologies and tools currently available for the prediction of overheating risk in dwellings in England and Wales, and poses a challenge to improve on them. The key points highlighted in the report are: – The results obtained […]
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- Jul, 27, 2015
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Overheating in Homes – The Big Picture
Inkling have contributed to this report recently published by the Zero Carbon Hub. Why does overheating happen? How can the construction and energy efficiency sector prevent the issue getting worse? What can local and national governments do to support the housing sector? And why does it matter? The report can be downloaded here.
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- Jun, 25, 2015
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